! CONVENTION PROGRAM ! MASON-DIXON & MAGINOT LINES Convention Schedule at a Glance ! Wednesday, April 10 Friday, April 12 2:30-5:30pm CLA Executive Committee 7:00-8:15am Past Presidents of CLA Pre-Convention Meeting, Arabian Board Breakfast Room 8:30am-5:00pm CLA Convention 4:00-7:00pm Registration for Pre- Registration, Second Floor Hilton Lobby Registered Members Only, Second Floor 10:00-10:45am Standing Committee Hilton Lobby Meetings (Check full schedule for 6:00-7:30pm Pre-Convention Reception, rooms.) The Great Hall of the King Library – 11:00am-Noon Plenary Session II, Grand University of Kentucky. Special Kentucky Salon A&B, CLA Business presentations by Charlotte Pierce Baker Meeting and Reinette Jones. **The shuttle will depart from the Hilton at 5:30pm.** 4:30-5:45pm Alice Childress Society Annual Business Meeting, Arabian Board Room Thursday, April 11 6:30-7:30pm Pre-Banquet Reception 8:30am-5:00pm CLA Convention (Cash Bar), Grand Kentucky Salon A&B Registration, Second Floor Hilton Lobby Corridor 10:00am-Noon Langston Hughes Society 7:30-9:30pm Annual College Language Annual Business Meeting, Arabian Association Banquet, Grand Kentucky Board Room Salon A&B. Keynote Speaker: E. Patrick Johnson Noon-1:15pm Langston Hughes Society Luncheon, Grand Kentucky. Keynote 10:30pm-Midnight President’s Reception Speaker: Tony Medina (separate ticket required) Saturday, April 13 3:00-3:45pm Plenary Session I, Grand Kentucky Salon A&B, Opening Noon-1:30pm Post Convention Board Convocation and Presidential Address Meeting, Arabian Board Room 6:00-8:30pm CLA Reception, Hosted by the University of Kentucky at the Boone Center. Performances by Kentucky poets Shayla Lawson, Joy Priest, and Bianca Spriggs. **Shuttles begin departing from the Hilton at 5:30pm** ! ! ! ! April 2013 The!Host!Committee!for!the!2013!CLA!Convention!welcomes!you!to!Lexington,!Kentucky!!! We!know!that!you!will!enjoy!this!year’s!wonderful!conference!program.!So!after!a!full!day!of!panels,!why! not!take!in!some!of!Lexington’s!attractions?!!The!Visitor’s!Bureau!is!just!across!the!street!from!the! conference!hotel,!and!the!staff!at!the!Bureau!will!help!you!arrange!one!or!two!free!or!lowLcost! excursions.!Whatever!touring!you!decide!to!do,!keep!these!events!and!places!in!mind:! Wednesday,)April)10th)6:0058:30pm) University*of*Kentucky*King*Library*and*Special*Collections** Shuttles)for)this)event)begin)departing)from)the)Hilton)at)5:30pm) Charlotte!PierceLBaker,!Vanderbilt!University,!will!read!and!sign!copies!of!her!memoir!This)Fragile)Life! and!UK!Special!Collections!Librarian!Reinette!Jones!will!exhibit!works!by!William!Wells!Brown,!Gayle! Jones!and!Madison!Campbell.!The!display!will!be!on!exhibit!at!King!Library!throughout!the!conference.! Thursday,)April)11th)6:0058:30pm) CLA*Conference*Welcome*Reception*and*Poetry*Performance*! Shuttles)for)this)event)begin)departing)from)the)Hilton)at)5:30pm) Poets:!Bianca!Spriggs,!Shayla!Lawson,!and!Joy!Priest!! ) Friday,)April)12th)) CLA*Banquet*Speaker:*E.*Patrick*Johnson* "Border!Epistemologies:!Autobiography,!Literature,!Performance"!! TOURIST*IDEAS:* Lyric*Theatre*&*Cultural*Arts*Center* Between!1948!and!1963,!the!Lyric!Theatre!was!a!thriving!entertainment!centerpiece!for!Lexington’s! AfricanLAmerican!families.!Please!visit!Lyric’s!website!at!http://www.lexingtonlyric.com!! Mary*Todd*Lincoln*House* The!childhood!home!of!Mary!Todd!Lincoln!is!steps!from!the!conference!hotel.!Visit!http://mtlhouse.org.! Again,!welcome!to!Horse!Country!! Vershawn!Ashanti!Young,!Chair! Julie!Anne!Naviaux,!Research!Assistant! ! MASON-DIXON & MAGINOT LINES 2013 College Language Association Convention Speakers ! ! Charlotte!Pierce-Baker! Pre$Convention$King$Library$Presentation,$Wednesday,$April$10th$$ “This$Fragile$Life:$$A$Mother’s$Story$of$a$Bipolar$Son,!a!Memoir”! Pierce-Baker!has!published!essays!and!commentary!on! literature!and!pedagogy!in!a!variety!of!journals!and!periodicals.!! Currently!on!faculty!at!Vanderbilt,!Pierce-Baker!works!closely! with!the!Cunninggim!Women’s!Center!on!campus.!!Her!teaching! continues!in!the!areas!of:!!Contemporary$African$American$ Women$Writers;!Applied$Linguistics;!and!a!newly!designed! course!in!the!area!of!Gender,!Trauma$and$Violence.$$Since!the! publication!of!Surviving$the$Silence:$$Black$Women’s$Stories$of$ Rape!(W.W.!Norton,!September!1998),!Professor!Pierce-Baker! has!continued!to!travel!and!lecture!on!issues!of!women,! violence,!and!sexual!assault.!!Her!book,!the!first!of!its!kind,! provides!a!forum!for!the!heretofore-muted!voices!of!African! American!women!surviving!the!trauma!of!rape.!!In!2006,!Pierce- Baker!accepted!a!position!at!Vanderbilt!University!as!Professor$of$Women’s$and$Gender$Studies$ and$English.!!For!2008-2009,!she!was!chosen!as!a!Fellow!in!the!Robert$Penn$Warren$Center$for$ the$Humanities!at!Vanderbilt!to!conduct!intensive!study!in!the!field!of!trauma.!!Pierce-Baker!has! served!as!Director!of!Women’s!and!Gender!Studies!at!Vanderbilt!from!2008!--!2011.!! ! ! ! Tony!Medina!! Langston$Hughes$Society$Luncheon,$Thursday,$April$11th$$ “The!Poet!Speaks!of!Dreaming:!Langston!Hughes!and!Black!Children.”!! Medina,!a!distinguished!poet!and!editor,!has!published!numerous!books,!such!as!Love$to$ Langston,!a!biographical!text!about!Langston!Hughes,!as!well!as!other!texts!such!as!My$Old$Man$ Was$Always$on$the$Lam;!I$and$I,$Bob$Marley;!The$President$Looks$Like$Me$and$Other$Poems;$An$ Onion$of$Wars;!and!Broke$on$Ice.!The!luncheon!is!part!of!the!College!Language!Association! Convention,!being!held!April!10-13,!2013!and!hosted!by!the!University!of!Kentucky!in!Lexington,! Kentucky.!Registration!in!advance!is!required!to!attend.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! MASON-DIXON & MAGINOT LINES 2013 College Language Association Convention Speakers ! Welcome!Reception:!Kentucky!Women!Poets!Performances! Thursday,$April$11th$ ! Affrilachian!Poet!and!Cave!Canem!Fellow,!Bianca&Spriggs,!is! a!multidisciplinary!artist!who!lives!and!works!in!Lexington,! Kentucky.!!Named!as!one!of!the!Top!30!Performance!Poets! by!TheRoot.com,!Bianca!is!the!recipient!of!a!2013!Al!Smith! Individual!Artist!Fellowship!in!Poetry,!multiple!Artist! Enrichment!and!Arts!Meets!Activism!grants!from!the! Kentucky!Foundation!for!Women,!and!a!Pushcart!Prize! Nominee.!In!partnership!with!the!Kentucky!Domestic! Violence!Association,!she!is!the!creator!of!"The! SwallowTale!Project"!a!traveling!creative!writing!workshop!designed!for!incarcerated! women,!and!the!creator!and!Artistic!Director!of!the!Gypsy!Poetry!Slam!featured!annually!at!the! Kentucky!Women!Writers!Conference.!!Spriggs!is!the!author!of!Kaffir$Lily$(Wind!Publications),! How$Swallowtails$Become$Dragons$(Accents!Publishing),!and!her!work!may!be!found!in!the! anthologies,!New$Growth:$Recent$Kentucky$Writings,!America!$What's$My$Name?!and!the! journals,!Union$Station$Magazine,$Tidal$Basin$Review,$Muzzle,$Caduceus,$Alehouse,$Reverie,$ Appalachian$Heritage$Magazine,!and!others.!Bianca!has!served!on!the!editorial!board! for!ninepatch,!TORCH:$poetry,$prose,$and$short$stories$by$African$American$Women,!and!is! currently!the!Managing!Editor!for!pluck!$The$Affrilachian$Journal$of$Art$and$Culture.$! ! ! Shayla&Lawson!grew!up!in!Lexington,!Kentucky!and!graduated!from! the!University!of!Kentucky!College!of!Architecture.!Her!southern! regional!expressionism!has!appeared!in!publications!in!the!U.S.!and! abroad.!She!has!been!a!fellow!at!the!Peggy!Guggenheim!Collection! in!Venice,!Italy,!an!architect!in!New!York!City,!and!a!housewife!in!a! rural!Dutch!village!–!milkmaid!braids!and!all.!She!is!a!member!of! the!Affrilachian!Poets.! ! ! ! Joy&Priest!(no!photo)!is!a!KPA!award-winning!writer!from!Louisville,!Kentucky.!She!holds!a! journalism!degree!from!the!University!of!Kentucky,!where!she!is!studying!creative!writing.!Joy! has!been!Features!Editor!for!the!Kentucky$Kernel!and!Special!Features!Editor!for!the!Mixx$ Magazine.!In!addition!to!those!publications,!she!has!written!and!photographed!for!the!Lexington$ Herald[Leader!and!Business$Lexington.!In!2010,!Joy!won!a!bid!to!the!national!Slam!Poetry! competition!in!Ann!Arbor,!Michigan.!She!has!participated!in!the!Gypsy!Poetry!Slam—an!annual! event!at!the!longest-running!women!writers’!conference!in!the!nation—and!is!a!writing! instructor!for!“The!Swallowtail!Project”—a!creative!writing!workshop!for!incarcerated!women.! She!is!currently!copy!editor!for!pluck!$Journal$of$Affrilachian$Arts$and$Culture.!Joy!has!published! one!chapbook!entitled!“Prisoners,”!and!is!working!on!a!multi-genre!collection!of!poems!and! essays!about!“mixed!girl!problems”!called!“Growing!up!in!the!White!House.”! MASON-DIXON & MAGINOT LINES 2013 College Language Association Convention Speakers ! E.!Patrick!Johnson! Banquet$Keynote$Speaker,$Friday,$April$12th$$ "Border!Epistemologies:!Autobiography,!Literature,!Performance.”$ Johnson!is!the!Carlos!Montezuma!Professor!of! Performance!Studies!and!African!American!Studies! at!Northwestern!University.!He!is!also!an!Artistic! Fellow!at!the!Ellen!Stone!Belic!Institute!for!the! Study!of!Women!and!Gender!in!the!Arts!and!Media! at!Columbia!College,!Chicago.!A!scholar,!artist,!and! activist,!Johnson!has!performed!nationally!and! internationally!and!has!published!widely!in!the!area! of!race,!gender,!sexuality!and!performance.!He!has! written!two!award-winning!books,!Appropriating$ Blackness:$$Performance$and$the$Politics$of$ Authenticity$and$Sweet$Tea:$Black$Gay$Men$of$the$ South—An$Oral$History.$$In!2009,!he!adapted! SWEET!TEA!into!a!full-length!stage!play,!which!had! its!world!premiere!in!2010!in!Chicago.!He!won!a!Black!Theatre!Alliance!Award!for!Best!Solo! Performance!for!the!show.!!The!show!just!recently!had!a!4-week!run!at!Signature!Theatre!in!